Abstract:
AN ACOUSTIC POSITION FINDING SYSTEM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE UNDERWATER BEACON, AN ARRAY OF SPACED HYDROPHONES, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. THE BEACON PERIODICALLY TRANSMITS A SIGNAL HAVING PULSE AND WAVE COMPONENTS IN WHICH THE PERIOD OF THE WAVE COMPONENT IS SUBSTANTIALLY
SHORTER THAN THE INTERVAL BETWEEN PULSES. THE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT COMPUTES THE POSITION OF THE ARRAY RELATIVE TO THE BEACON FROM TIME AND PHASE DIFFERENCES IN SIGNALS RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL HYDROPHONES IN THE ARRAY.
Abstract:
Apparatus for determining and displaying the angular position of a water craft relative to a fixed underwater location, and a method for determining distances therebetween if the depth of the fixed location is known. The apparatus comprises a directional receiver and circuitry on the water craft for determining the azimuth and depression angle of a sonar source at the fixed location relative to the water craft, and means for displaying these angles independently on a polar coordinate system.
Abstract:
An underwater beacon for transmitting an acoustic signal characterized so as to facilitate accurate determination of the position of an acoustic receiver array relative to the beacon. The beacon comprises a pair of oscillators whose output signals are supplied to a modulator which is further controlled by a timer so as to produce a periodic modulated carrier frequency signal, each period of which is made up of predetermined intervals of unmodulated carrier, modulated carrier, and silence. The output of the modulator is supplied to a driver which energizes an acoustic projector.
Abstract:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING THE EFFEFT OF SIGNAL TRANSMISSION VARIATIONS CAUSED BY VARIATIONS IN A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL IDEALLY IDENTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CHANNELS. THE APPARATUS COMPRISES MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY SWITCHING THE SIGNAL BETWEEN DIFFERENT CHANNELS SO THAT IT IS PROCESSED BY EACH CHANNEL FOR EQUAL PERIODS OF TIME.